Specialized Cutting Tools and Precision Taps by Taylor Tool

Taylor Tool is a leading cutting tool company focused on carbide taps and custom cutting tools for demanding industrial applications. With decades of experience, we design and manufacture high performance solutions for aerospace, automotive, and metal cutting operations across every industry in the USA.

Custom Carbide Cutting Tools for Every Application

Our products are engineered to meet the exact specifications your machine shop demands. From standard carbide products to specialty options, Taylor Tool delivers high-quality cutting tools that outperform off-the-shelf alternatives. Every carbide tool we manufacture is ground to tight tolerances, ensuring a clean edge and superior durability in even the hardest materials including aluminum, steel, and composite workpieces.

We offer carbide tools for CNC machining, including carbide cutting tools used in stainless steel, alloy, carbon, and other demanding materials. Whether you need a single custom tap or a full line production run, our manufacturing process ensures precision and repeatability for every application and order.

Drill Bits, End Mills, and Specialty Mill Cutters

Beyond threading, Taylor Tool provides a wide selection of drill bits, end mills, and mill cutters designed for high speed metal cutting applications. Our drill products include cobalt and solid carbide options with coatings built to withstand the demands of aerospace and industrial drilling operations. Each cutter and reamer in our line is manufactured to precise specifications for clean hole finishing and countersink work on aircraft and turbine components.

We offer different types of router bits, blade configurations, and shank sizes to match your spindle and machine needs. Whether you need drill bits for through-hole applications or specialty reamers for blind work, these products deliver the performance and tool life that your operation demands.

Precision Taps and Threading Solutions

Taylor Tool offers a complete line of taps designed for thread cutting in metal, alloy, and other demanding workpieces. Our designs include spiral flute, spiral point, and form taps for both through-hole and blind-hole applications. Each tap is manufactured from premium HSS or solid carbide to deliver consistent quality and extended tool life in any material.

We produce tools for screw threads, pipe threads, and specialized forms across a wide range of sizes. Whether you are working with carbon steel, high-speed HSS, or aircraft-grade alloy, our taps deliver clean threads with minimal burr and excellent chip evacuation.

Why Choose Taylor Tool as Your Cutting Tool Manufacturer

Taylor Tool excels at manufacturing tools that solve the toughest metal cutting challenges. We combine state of the art grinding technology with hands-on engineering expertise to produce carbide tools that deliver results. Our industrial customers choose us for quality cutting tools with fast delivery, tool selection guidance, and the durability to handle high performance machining in steel and other demanding materials.

Contact Taylor Tool today for a quote on your custom tap or specialty tool requirements.


Custom Tap Manufacturing Built to Your Specification

As a Canadian tap manufacturer since 1918, Taylor Tool designs and produces custom taps to your exact thread form, material, and tolerance — not off-the-shelf compromises. Whether you need a modified standard or a completely unique tool, our engineering team works from your drawing or sample to deliver a tap that performs in your application. Custom and specialty tap manufacturing is what we do, from one-off prototypes to repeat production runs.

Carbide Taps for Hard and Abrasive Materials

When high-speed steel can’t keep an edge, carbide taps deliver the wear resistance and rigidity that demanding, high-volume work requires. Taylor Tool produces carbide and carbide-tipped taps for hardened steels, high-silicon aluminum, and other abrasive materials where tool life and consistency drive your cost per hole. Each tap is ground to tight tolerances for repeatable thread quality.

Specialty Taps for Every Thread Form

Beyond standard metric and unified threads, Taylor Tool manufactures specialty taps for the thread forms general suppliers don’t stock — Acme, trapezoidal, buttress, Whitworth, BSPT, BSPP, PG, and more. If your part calls for an unusual pitch, an oversized or large-diameter thread, a left-hand thread, or a multi-lead form, we build the tap for it.

Tap types we manufacture

Custom Tapping Solutions for Manufacturers

Taylor Tool supplies custom tapping solutions to automotive, aerospace, power generation, and general manufacturing — from small job shops to the largest production lines. As a manufacturer rather than a reseller, we control quality end to end and offer fast, on-time delivery, including 24-hour jet-tap service for production-critical needs. Need a tap that doesn’t exist yet? That’s exactly what we make.

Frequently Asked Questions

Can Taylor Tool make a fully custom tap?

Yes. We manufacture custom taps to your exact thread form, material, diameter, and tolerance, working from your drawing or sample. Both prototype and production quantities are available.

Do you make carbide taps?

Yes. We produce carbide and carbide-tipped taps for hardened and abrasive materials where high-speed steel wears too quickly, delivering longer tool life and consistent thread quality.

What specialty thread forms can you produce?

Acme, trapezoidal, buttress, Whitworth, BSPT, BSPP, PG, metric, unified, left-hand, multi-lead, and other special forms — including oversized and large-diameter threads.

How fast can you deliver?

Taylor Tool is built around fast, on-time shipments and offers a 24-hour jet-tap service for urgent requirements. Contact us for current lead times on custom work.